Bouquet-holder.



No. 627,923. Patented June 27, I899.

J. B. GRIGOR.

BOUQUET HOLDER.

(Application filed Dec. 7,' 1898.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES JRdlZ- i? BY (g0 A TTORNE r,

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN-ROSE GRIG'OR, OF VANCOUVER, CANADA.

BOUQUET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formlng' part of Letters Patent No. 627,923, dated June27, 1899. I v Application iiled December 7, 1898. Serial No. 698,511.(No model.) I

To all whom it .may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN ROSE GRIGOR, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing in the city-of Vancouver, in the Province of BritishColumbia, Canada, have invented a new and useful Bouquet-Holder, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My .invention relates to improvements in devices for holding bouquets;and its object is to provide an article ofthis kind that willconveniently contain a bouquet and secure it to any part of the garmentand also to keep the flower fresh by p'rovidinga supply of moisture tothe stem.

I attain the aboveobject by the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a View illustrating my invention as inuse. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section ofthe holder on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a rear view of theholder,.and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The body a is formed in semicircular form, so that the flat side willconveniently be against the garment to which it is-attached. The body ais to be tight, so that water may be held therein, and its lower endtapers off into a depending pointb, so that a stem placed therein willbe prevented from moving laterally. Near the top of the bodya and on therear flattened side is an aperture 0, into which is secured a piece ofelastic d. This elastic is passed around the body and through open- Iings e on the front rounded side and brought around to the rear side andpassed beneath the pin f. 1

The pin fis formed with acurved portion g, which extends down a shortdistance in proximity to the rear side of the body of the holder,

as shown in Fig.3, and thereby provides a suitable fastening means forthe elastic cord d, which when wound around the body ais drawn upbetween the curved portion 9 of the pin and the said body a and isthereby firmly held in position. I

The pin f provides a suitable means of securing the holder where desiredto the gar-' body near its top, and'means for securing an elastic cordto the body and for fastening its opposite end beneath the pin. asspecified.

1 JOHN ROSE GRIGOR.

Witnesses:

W. G. TRETHEWEY, ROWLAND BRITTAIN.

